Bakary Camara, 41, was charged with a first degree murder charge for killing Rita Morelli, 36, a well-liked waitress at the Upper East Side's Caffe Buon Gusto and student at Borough of Manhattan Community College in November 2011.

Camara, originally indicted on only one count of second degree murder, pleaded not guilty to the new charges—which also included first and second degree rape, as well as first degree burglary—during a hearing on Thursday.

Reasons for the additional charges were not given during the court appearance, and the Manhattan District Attorney's office declined to comment as to why the additional rape and burglary charges were tacked on.

Camara, a Gambian immigrant, was arrested in December for the brutal attack after a 911 call made from a pay phone two days after the murder informing police that a dead body was in Morelli's apartment was traced back to Camara.

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